Regensburg 2002 – scientific programme
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CPP: Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 12: Poster: Polymere Netzwerke, Blends und Blockcopolymere
CPP 12.2: Poster
Wednesday, March 13, 2002, 16:30–18:00, B
The epoxy resin system DGEBA-DETA: cross linking, glass transition and aging investigations by means of positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy — •Jörn Kanzow1, Katja Günther-Schade1, Vladimir Zaporojtchenko1, Carsten Wehlack2, Wulff Possart2, and Franz Faupel1 — 1Technische Fakultät, Lehrstuhl für Materialverbunde, Universität Kiel — 2Arbeitsgruppe Strukturforschung, Polymere, Grenzschichten, Universität des Saarlandes
The free volume in epoxy resins is strongly connected with the cross linking density of resin and hardener. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is an excellent experimental method to determine free volume and therefore aging as well as the evaporation of residues like water and organic molecules. First measurements on the epoxy resin system diglycidil ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and diethylenetriamine (DETA) show that the cross linking process of the epoxy resin strongly depends on the curing temperature. The glass transition of completely cured epoxy resins can easily be specified with PALS due to the change of elastic to visco-elastic behaviour at the glass transition temperature. The dependency of free volume and the glass transition on composition and the curing process will be discussed.